The new Olympic champion in the triple jump, Spanish-Cuban Jordan Díaz, is of the five chosen by World Athletics for the Best Field Athlete of 2024.
The International Athletics Federation announced this Monday the five competitors in the men’s and women’s categories. In the case of Jordan Díaz, the triple jumper competes with some of the biggest names from Paris, Armand Duplantishe is also the champion of the Olympics in Paris, and the combined history. The Swedish set the Olympic pole vault record at the Stade de France, jumping 6.10 meters and soon, to the delight of the crowd, he also won the world record (which he himself held) with 6.25. Jordan, for his part, sealed his gold in the triple jump with 17.86 on the first attempt.
Closes the list American Ryan Crouser, cOlympic placed champion and world indoor shot put champion; in Canada Ethan Katzberg, Olympic hammer champion and world champion; and Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou, Olympic long jumper and world champion indoor jumper.
A group of women
In the women’s category, the Americans share the nominations Valerie Allman, Olympic discus champion and Diamond League discus champion; he is also american Tara Davis-Woodhall, Olympic long jump champion and world indoor champion; Australia Nina Kennedy, Olympic pole vault champion and Diamond League pole vault champion; in ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh, cthe Olympic sprint champion and world record holder; and Belgian Nafissatou Thiam, cOlympic heptathlon champion and world leader.
Voting to determine the winners of the Athletics of the Year award is now open on the World Athletics social network and will close on October 20. On October 21, the winners of the Best Track Athlete of the Year competition will be announced and on the 28th, voting for the Best Athlete of the Year will open. outside the stadium. On November 4, the winners of all categories will be announced.
The success of Jordan Díaz, the world leader of the year, also made him one of the nominees for the best athlete of the year by the European Athletics Association (AEA)where he shared the decision with Mondo Duplantis.
